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B — Spores. — (r)  State  the  official  and  botanical  names,  natural  order,  habitat 
and  manner  of  collection  of  the  spores  which  are  official.  (2)  What  is  their 
shape,  color  and  principal  constituent?  (3)  How  must  they  be  treated  to 
obtain  the  latter?  (4)  How  are  they  acted  upon  when  thrown  upon  water, 
or  into  a  flame  ?  ( 5 )  How  can  an  adulteration  of  starch  or  pine  pollen  be 
detected  ?    (6)  What  are  the  uses  of  this  drug  in  pharmacy  and  medicine  ? 
C — Ergota. — (1)  Give  the  name  of  the  fungus  producing  it,  and  the  plant 
upon  which  it  grows.  (2)  Describe  briefly  the  three  stages  of  growth  of  this 
fungus,  and  state  which  of  these  constitutes  the  official  drug.  (3)  What  are 
the  best  ways  of  keeping  it,  and  how  can  rancidity  be  prevented?  (4)  Name 
its  three  most  important  constituents.  (5)  Why  is  this  drug  used  as  a  haemo- 
static, and  what  are  the  effects  of  its  long-continued  use  when  present  as  an 
adulteration  of  flour?  (6)  What  is  its  action  upon  unstriped  muscular  fibre, 
and  upon  what  organ  does  it  principally  act?  (7)  Why  is  its  indiscriminate 
sale  reprehensible  ? 
D — Cupulifercs. — (1)  Give  the  official  and  common  names  of  a  bark,  an 
excrescence,  a  leaf  and  a  volatile  oil  obtained  from  plants  belonging  to  this 
order.  (2)  Explain  briefly  the  cause  of  the  growth  of  this  excrescence,  and 
state  its  constituents  and  medical  properties.  (3)  Does  the  above-mentioned 
volatile  oil  pre-exist  in  the  plant,  and  with  what  synthetical  chemical  is  it 
identical?  (4)  With  what  other  volatile  oil  is  it  nearly  identical,  and  what  is 
the  difference  between  them  ?    (5)  State  its  medical  properties. 
E — Rhubarb. — (1)  Give  official  name,  natural  order  and  habitat.  (2)  Name  the 
three  varieties  formerly  in  commerce,  and  state  which  was  considered  the  most 
valuable.  (3)  Name  its  principal  organic  constituents.  (4)  What  are  the  points 
of  good  quality  in  Rhubarb?  (5)  How  can  you  distinguish  the  official  from 
the  European-grown  root?  (6)  State  briefly  the  action  of  this  drug  upon  the 
gastro-intestinal  tract.  (7)  What  color  is  imparted  by  it  to  the  urine  and  the 
feces?    (8)  How  is  the  medical  action  of  the  drug  modified  by  torrifying  it  ? 
F— Animal  Drugs. — Give  the  official  and  common  names  and  part  used  of 
the  drugs  derived  from  the  following  sources,  viz.  :  (1).  Acipenser  Huso  ;  (2) 
Gadus  Morrhua  ;  (3)  Physeter  macrocephalus  ;  (4)  Apis  mellifica ;  (5)  Bos 
Taurus;  (6)  Sus  scrofa  ;  (7)  Ovis  Aries  ;  (8)  Moschus  moschiferus  ;  (9)  Coccus 
cacti;  (10)  Gallus  Bankiva. 
G — Digestive  Ferments. — (1)  Name  two  digestive  ferments.  (2)  The  ani- 
mal, and  part  of  the  animal,  from  which  each  is  derived.  (3)  The  kinds  of 
food  upon  which  they  act,  and  the  part  of  the  intestinal  tract  in  which  this 
action  takes  place.  (4)  What  are  the  changes  which  take  place  in  these  foods 
to  fit  them  for  absorption?  (5)  In  what  doses,  and  at  what  times,  are  they 
best  given  ?    (6)  What  can  be  prescribed  with  each  to  increase  its  efficiency  ? 
H— Vanilla. — (1)  What  is  the  nature  of  the  plant  which  produces  it,  and 
what  is  its  habitat?  (2)  Describe  its  cultivation  and  preparation  for  the  mar- 
ket. (3)  What  is  the  appearance  of  the  ripe,  fresh  fruit,  and  what  are  the 
characteristics  of  a  good  bean?  (4)  Name  three  varieties,  and  state  which  of 
these  is  preferred.  (5 )  Upon  what  constituent  does  its  aroma  depend  ?  Does 
it  exist  in  the  green  pod?  (6)  From  what  sources  can  this  constituent  be  arti- 
ficially prepared  ?    (7)  What  are  the  medicinal  properties  of  this  fruit? 
/ — Emergencies.— briefly  what  you  would  do  in  the  following  cases  if 
no  other  medical  aid  was  procurable  :  ( 1 )  Hemorrhage  from  the  radial  artery  ; 
